It's what you always feared. Your brain actually does react differently to donuts, according to fMRI-based research led by Marsel Mesulam, M.D., a neurologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Krispy Kremes, in perhaps their first starring role in neurological research, helped lead to the discovery.

In the study, subjects were tested twice -- once after gorging on up to eight Krispy Kreme donuts until they couldn't eat anymore, and on another day after fasting for eight hours. In both sessions, people were shown pictures of donuts and screwdrivers, while researchers examined their brains in fMRI's.

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Concentric Medical, Inc., the global leader in devices for clot removal in ischemic stroke patients, today announced that the results of its Multi MERCI trial will be published in the April 2008 edition of the medical journal, Stroke. The Multi MERCI trial was the second trial studying safety and efficacy of the Merci Retrieval System(TM), a "corkscrew-type" device that is delivered into the brain and is designed to restore blood flow by engaging, capturing and removing blood clots that cause ischemic stroke. The full, peer reviewed trial results are available now to online subscribers. Stroke is published by the American Heart Association.

LONDON, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Responding to the announcement by Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo today that prescription charge increases will stay below the rate of inflation, Paul Bennett, Chairman of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain's English Pharmacy Board, said:

"We urgently need a review of the current system of prescription charges and exemptions in England - they are presently both illogical and unfair. There are clear disadvantages under existing arrangements, particularly for non-exempt patients, such as asthma and arthritis sufferers, who require long-term medication for multiple chronic conditions.

Nancy Mathiowetz is “drowning in data” but so is almost everyone else.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee sociology professor and president of the American Association for Public Opinion Research says the results of public opinion polls measure nearly every aspect of our lives today, from who we favor for public office to what kinds of cookies we prefer.

Mathiowetz views them as necessary and useful tools and, while not perfect, she says polls still are a reliable way for people to have their voices heard by lawmakers.

Anti-inflammatory drugs like aspirin may reduce breast cancer by up to 20 per cent, according to an extensive review carried out by experts at London’s Guy’s Hospital published in the International Journal of Clinical Practice.

But they stress that further research is needed to determine the best type, dose and duration and whether the benefits of regularly using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) outweigh the side effects, especially for high-risk groups.

“Our review of research published over the last 27 years suggests that, in addition to possible prevention, there may also be a role for NSAIDs in the treatment of women with established breast cancer” says Professor Ian Fentiman from the Hedley Atkins Breast Unit at the hospital, part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

Scientists have discovered how to prevent certain craniofacial disorders in what could ultimately lead to at-risk babies being treated in the womb.

University of Manchester researchers, working with colleagues at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas, have successfully treated mice with Treacher Collins syndrome – a rare genetic disorder characterised by underdeveloped facial bones, absent or deformed ears and occasionally cleft palate.

The team had previously found that the condition, which affects one in 10,000 individuals, was caused by a mutation in a single gene called TCOF1. They later discovered that this mutation causes cells, known as neural crest cells, to die prematurely in the early stages of pregnancy resulting in the facial anomalies.

MANCHESTER, England, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Unite the Union will be calling on people across the North West to join their campaign to boycott Lil-lets products at this year's International Women's Day event in Manchester.

Unite officials and representatives will be handing out leaflets on Saturday 8th March at Manchester Town Hall to encourage the public to think again before buying Lil-lets products. Leaflets explaining why the general public should support the 150 Lil-lets workers who lost their jobs when production was sent abroad to Taiwan and Poland will be handed out.

Numerous studies have shown the the benefits of coffee. Science studies go back and forth on foods so use some judgment but generally today it is considered one of the best sources of the antioxidants that protect us against pesky free radicals that can cause premature aging and certain diseases.

Astrophysicists are having a heated debate over the wave structure of the Sun’s Corona - a debate which may one day influence solar weather forecasting and the theory behind fusion reactors. The Sun’s core is about 6000 degrees C, but its outer layer, the Corona, which is filled with a strong magnetic field, is 200 to 300 times hotter.

Last year American scientists thought they had cracked this paradox with research showing how high-energy Alfvén wave structures could super-heat the Corona.

The astrophysicists said they could detect Alfvén waves within the Corona – waves that have a corkscrew motion along the magnetic field at supersonic speed.